Meet Allyson Adams

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Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Allyson Adams. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Hi Allyson, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to have you retell us the story behind how you came up with the idea for your business, I think our audience would really enjoy hearing the backstory.

Ally Allure Professional Apparel was created during the Pandemic, Covid-19 2020. A family friend reached out to me and asked if I wanted to be a business partner/investor with his streetwear clothing line. I was in between business ventures at the time and just gave birth to my son a few months prior, suffering from postpartum depression severely. I’ve always been a dedicated, reliable person, however, as the world was changing with coronavirus, it was a test of survival for me. The friend whom I was working with, advised me that he and his vendor had a great relationship and we could create whatever we wanted. I wanted to create and design apparel that I would wear and help boost people’s confidence.I instantly thought of professional apparel because I am a professional. Also, professionals don’t have a platform that allows them to shop a variety of luxury thread options for the workplace specifically. My first drop and focus was luxury scrubs because I wear them and the influx of medical professionals that were needed made it make sense.

With Covid on the rise, the essential workers were top priority, so it made sense to create a brand that will intertwine the beauty field (which I am in) and the medical field that is at high demand. Once I gave this idea to my friend, I eventually found out he manipulated me to help fund his company and never cared about what we agreed to partner on. I was able to get one batch of samples; I was happy with the design, not the material, but since I shared project with my community, I didn’t want to give up on this multimillion dollar idea. I was supposed to had all of the apparel sent to me for distribution, but my friend and I had verbal disagreement and he no longer wanted to share his vendor contact with me and stated that I need to figure it out without him as I called him out for his fraudulence.

Unfortunately, I attended a pop up shop to launch my scrubs but, I had no vendor connect, (I reached out to the original vendor, he ignored me,) no scrubs or great material. I had purchased some scrubs and printed my logo on them so I didn’t show up empty handed. I felt defeated. This was not my initial plan, but I had to continue and keep perservering through this inconveniencing obstacle. I reached out to other vendors through multiple apps trying to present my idea, but the cost was just not in my budget to carry out my vision. I was determined and knew that at some point everything will work out. Fast forward, I still promoted and wore the scrubs I had already as a means of motivation, but I knew I would have to heavily promote and do much better with research and communication with people.

I decided to move to Atlanta in February 2021 and made sure I networked with all walks of life. I came to Atlanta applying lash extensions until I was able to build my clientele and afford my own suite to upsell my other services and products. Eventually, I received a direct message from a vendor on instagram shortly after I came to ATL, by the grace of God, this vendor was the actual fabric manufacturer, the direct connect. He provided me with the exact material I needed to boost the confidence of my customers and give me and my customers quality and luxury threads. I was given a bigger blessing and I found the answer to my problems!

I dealt with anxiety, depression and high levels of stress for years and wearing threads that make me feel better and happy, boosts my energy and confidence allowing me to get through my day and assist my clients. When purchasing the scrub sets, you’ll notice on the white set, YELLOW stitching is on the joggers to represent my triumph, happiness and energy as I wear my clothes, I am an advocate for healthy thinking and self care to focus on the mental because as long as our mental is strong, our body will follow. Dealing with heartbreak and sabotage during a national pandemic really set the tone for my perseverance and success. This apparel line changed my life and to watch everything come to fruition has been very awarding,

I launched Ally Allure Apparel September, 5, 2022 and since the launch we have sold over 10 scrubs sets, featured in two main screen movies, contracted with a few different medical practices and beauty schools. We are excited because our wholesale company has been founded on confidence and hard work; the efforts we are putting in to share this with the world is exciting! Ally Allure Apparel is the new professional platform to purchase all things professional, from accessories to clothing items; spruce up your wardrobe with fabrics that will make your day. We provide apparel for all essential workers: chefs, landscapers, janitors, daycare facilities, medical professionals, law enforcement, trainers, beauticians, etc. We are here to boost the morale of the professional workplace.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I am Allyson Adams. I go by Ally Allure. I built this name from pure confidence. Allure means the quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating. I am a very unique and powerful individual.

After years of disappointment, I was able to tap into myself and love who I am through my life journey. I became an esthetician because Ive been a lash artist for roughly five years prior and couldn’t work in any salons without a license. I only cared about the skin and proper sanitation, so esthetics was the best decision and shortest time.

Owning my own business and having two toddlers moving across the country, thriving at that, was enough discipline for the rest of my life. I had to incorporate my children’s activities and personalities with my business too so that everything could flow smoothly.

My daughter owns her own lipbalm brand, LolosLipBalm and it is sold on our site as well. We want to be all inclusive. Not just products for our working family, but for the overall family as well so people can have a representation of what generational wealth and breaking generational curses look like.

Im most proud of my children for learning on this journey with me and the world is finally able to see the vision that I worked diligently to release!

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

The lesson I had to unlearn was there is no right way to do anything in life . I moved to Atlanta knowing I had to unlearn to relearn. Everything I was taught since birth, didn’t make all the sense as I got older. In a new state, 700 miles away from my hometown, it posed so much stress and anxiety on me and my mental, but I was resilient, I was determined, I had a purpose when I came to Georgia.

I had one family member and one friend I was familiar with once settled. I went everywhere from nightlife, mom life, single woman life, black woman life, etc. I was determined to build a support system and village for my children. I had to unlearn that everybody is evil and don’t want to help you. I have ran into a few manipulators and scammers, but overall, the village of people I networked with became my family. Although its not the same, my new family adds value to my life because of the hard work they see me put in. Now I am able to present an idea and I can now call on reliable people to make it happen for our family or our community.

Its so hard to trust people when you’ve been heartbroken, but having faith and trusting your gut will help you make better decisions.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

The story that I will forever tell is giving birth to my son in my bathtub. I gave birth to my son Christopher Pierce-Lee on July 19th, 2019. The morning of birth I was approximately 39 weeks and I went through the entire pregnancy sick and very weak. I didn’t have contractions until the day of. I woke up out of my sleep around 3am to use the restroom. While in the bathroom, contractions came out of nowhere and was unbearable. Now, my daughter is three at the time so its been a while since I gave birth, but I don’t recall that much pain. I never had an epidural, but at this time, I was calling for one.

I ran the bath water as I wanted to go to sleep because I was restless, sick and the water soothed the contractions perfectly so I stayed and fell asleep. I woke up around 430 am to use the restroom again, but this time every time I stepped out of the tub, the contractions were super painful. I called my doctor and they told me to come in for a checkup. I just went to the doctor the day before and declined them checking my cervix because my daughter was with me and she couldn’t stay if they admitted me so I wanted it to be a surprised.

Well, surprise! I called my mom and told her to come pick up my daughter while the childrens’ dad finished packing the bag. By the time my mom came, she noticed I wasn’t dressed nor was I ready to get out of the tub. She told me to get up and not to have the baby in the tub. Haha, I tried crawling out of the tub and as soon as I made it to the floor, my water broke, so I climbed back in the tub.

I called my childrens’ dad in the bathroom yelling, ‘Get this baby out of me! Come get your baby!!” My mom called 911 and started panicking, not knowing what to do lol. I pushed and pushed and my son came out to his dad and the paramedics were right on my side in the nick of time. Once my son came out, my childrens’ dad handed the baby to the paramedics and the umbilical cord snapped. I instantly went into a hyperventilating shock that caused me to have an outer body experience. I was able to see everyone moving and helping in their respectful manner. My childrens’ dad was in the bedroom helping find towels for the paramedics to wipe my son off and check his vitals. My mom was outside with my daughter talking on the phone telling family members I just had the baby. I saw neighbors peeking through their windows as they saw the fire trucks and ambulances outside.

I ended up coming out of it and when I did, no one knew what I just experienced, they even stated they didn’t see me shaking profusely even though it was a paramedic in the bathroom that never left my side. I stood up and they asked me if I needed a stretcher or could I walk, I tried walking and almost fell on my face. As I was stretched out of the house unto the fire truck, I asked them where my son was and the whole time he was on my chest breastfeeding. I had no idea I was back in reality.

I got to the hospital and was greeted with love like I was some kind of celebrity because they told me its been years since they made a run on a home birth visit! I get to my room, the nurses took my son to bathe him and check his vitals again and it turned out my moms best friend who was my moms nurse back when I was born was the one doing the same thing to my son. I had a moment and was very grateful I was taken care of so well. I ended up having to get stitches because I damaged myself badly after pushing my son and before I was able to get the numbing anesthesia, I started hyperventilating and shaking again and crying sporadically. I deal with pain well and silently, but this time my body was taken over by some sort of entity that I couldn’t control, but everyone in the room told me I was fine and I wasn’t moving.

I still can’t understand what really happened to me other than God. I was able to meet him, talk to him and he spoke over my life. In several dreams he would come vividly, especially after prayers and once I wake, they would be answered, fast! My resilience comes from the strength I accepted and prayed for. Although I still stress often, I have to remind myself of healthy thinking. Once I control my thoughts, I can control how my body feels and react. My son has definitely re-birthed me and I now understand my purpose.

Contact Info:

Website: http://allyalluree.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allyallure_esthetics/ https://www.instagram.com/a.allureapparel/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/allyalluree
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/allyson-adams-2aa30b89
Twitter: https://twitter.com/allyalluree

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Meet Allyson Adams

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Hi Allyson, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to have you retell us the story behind how you came up with the idea for your business, I think our audience would really enjoy hearing the backstory.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

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